Pashto Surname
Approximately 464 people bear this surname
Pashto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 328 | 1:234,093 | 18,067 |
| Afghanistan | 136 | 1:236,420 | 4,127 |
Pashto (528) may also be a first name.
Pashto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pashto Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pashto is most common in Iran. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Pashto.
How Common Is The Last Name Pashto? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 651,048th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 15,705,918 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Pashto reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 100 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Pashto is also the 367,169th most commonly held forename at a global level, borne by 528 people.
The surname Pashto is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 328 people, or 1 in 234,093. In Iran it is mostly found in: Fars Province, where 41 percent reside, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 14 percent reside and Qazvin Province, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Iran this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 29 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pashto
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